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C.M.
Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Location: Gangwondo
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject: Saskatchewan |
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I read two postings today which mention "Saskatchewan" and that got me thinking about who/how many people here are from the Finest Province in Confederation. Came here from Saskatoon; born in Kindersley. Anyone else? (I think I have a cousin over here somewhere, too, though I am not sure)  |
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Yu_Bum_suk

Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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My mother's family is from Saskatchewan. As all my relatives scattered across the country and around the world say, it's a great place to come from. |
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Yo!Chingo

Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: Seoul Korea
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not from that fine province but I have a co worker who is. Say's the cold is absolutely horrible...something like 60 below? Korea is balmy compared to that iceberg! |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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i thought i saw a sakatchewan once while travelling somewhere
but my dad says it was nothing
see? it was just my overactive imagination
Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
Saskatchewan... it's a great place to come from. |
In a sense, I agree wholeheartedly. |
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kermo

Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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My family is all from Saskatchewan (as long as we've been in Canada, anyway.) My mother's from Moose Jaw and my father was from Melville. His father was from Radville, and his father was the Sheriff of Radville. Ol' Joe (my great-grandfather) was a member of the KKK and was given the post of Sheriff for being the meanest son-of-a-bitch in Radville. I heard some great stories about him at my grandmother's funeral last year, include the legend of Ol' Joe vs. Strangler Louis. My maternal grandparents still live in Moose Jaw, and take me on tours of the kitchy little attractions. The mineral spa is quite nice, admittedly. |
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Yu_Bum_suk

Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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kermo wrote: |
My family is all from Saskatchewan (as long as we've been in Canada, anyway.) My mother's from Moose Jaw and my father was from Melville. His father was from Radville, and his father was the Sheriff of Radville. Ol' Joe (my great-grandfather) was a member of the KKK and was given the post of Sheriff for being the meanest son-of-a-*beep* in Radville. I heard some great stories about him at my grandmother's funeral last year, include the legend of Ol' Joe vs. Strangler Louis. My maternal grandparents still live in Moose Jaw, and take me on tours of the kitchy little attractions. The mineral spa is quite nice, admittedly. |
My uncle, from Saskatchewan, had a jet-black horse named N*gger. He had a beautiful painting made of it and hung it proudly in his living room with the horse's name on a plaque below. In his funeral obituary they even said 'as a young man, Henry would spend hours outdoors with with bulldog [actually a pitbull] Waldo and horse N*gger'. Why couldn't they have just said 'with his horse' [full stop]? My aunt was really happy to get rid of the painting after he died. |
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Grotto

Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Kindersly dont they have the worst tasting water in the world?
Saskatchewan is only good if you have a thing for wheat  |
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Faron

Joined: 13 Jan 2006
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Grotto wrote: |
Kindersly dont they have the worst tasting water in the world?
Saskatchewan is only good if you have a thing for wheat  |
ummmmmmm wheat!  |
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benharper
Joined: 23 Jun 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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I was born in B.C., but lived all but five years of my life in Saskatoon. I think my family is quite possibly the only people in history to have moved from B.C. to Saskatchewan. I love Saskatchewan and can't wait to go back. |
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Scott in Incheon
Joined: 30 Aug 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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I was born in Regina but we didn't stay long...my father had been transferred there by the Bay...he hated Regina so much that he quit his job, packed his three kids in the VW bug...with the youngest snuggled up against the back window (that was me at around 5 months) and got the heck out of dodge....
I have past through since then but nothing my father said has every made me want to stop...though I do hear that Saskatoon is quite nice... |
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Free World

Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Drake Hotel
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:42 am Post subject: |
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Any fans of CTV's "Corner Gas"?
I'm from rural Ontario but my town is exactly like Dog River, Saskatchewan. I love that show... I'm going to buy the dvds when I get back to Canada. |
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doublejeopardy

Joined: 16 Jan 2006
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:50 am Post subject: |
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Yo!Chingo wrote: |
I'm not from that fine province but I have a co worker who is. Say's the cold is absolutely horrible...something like 60 below? Korea is balmy compared to that iceberg! |
Oh, but not as cold as Winterpeg. I remember flying in there one christmas to visit my sister in Saskatchewan. Let me tell you, I was glad to get OUT of Winnipeg and INTO Saskatchewan. BTW, I'm not from Sask. but I have family there. Having pretty much only visited in winter, I ask myself, why couldn't my dear sister and her family live in the caribbean? There must be wheat there? Somewhere?
Re: Corner Gas...you can download it! |
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kermo

Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:58 am Post subject: |
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doublejeopardy wrote: |
Yo!Chingo wrote: |
I'm not from that fine province but I have a co worker who is. Say's the cold is absolutely horrible...something like 60 below? Korea is balmy compared to that iceberg! |
Oh, but not as cold as Winterpeg. I remember flying in there one christmas to visit my sister in Saskatchewan. Let me tell you, I was glad to get OUT of Winnipeg and INTO Saskatchewan. BTW, I'm not from Sask. but I have family there. Having pretty much only visited in winter, I ask myself, why couldn't my dear sister and her family live in the caribbean? There must be wheat there? Somewhere?
Re: Corner Gas...you can download it! |
Last year, I phoned my parents from Goa to wish them a Merry Christmas, and learned that it was 37 degrees below zero. That's cold, even for Winnipeggers. Cars don't start, eyelashes frost, and exposed skin freezes in under 5 minutes.
However, this year the temperature in Winnipeg has been just like Seoul-- wavering between -6 and 0. Go figure. |
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C.M.
Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Location: Gangwondo
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:28 am Post subject: |
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Good to see Saskatchewan made such an impression on VanIslander (I loved the rear-view mirror thing ). It is a wonderful place in many ways I think; lots of space and, if you get into the south-west corner near where I was born, you can actually stumble around for miles on an actual desert! (I pity the poor b@stards who were unlucky enough to draw their homestead lots on that ground).
Where the water is concerned, we in Kindersley liked to brag (and I distinctly recall this as a common topic of discussion when we were changing for hockey games as young lads), that while our water was indeed foul, at least it wasn't yellow like Rosetown water . Saskatchewan; much as I try to get away..... |
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anae
Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: cowtown
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:50 am Post subject: |
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I am from Speedy Creek. We go back every chance we get. My husband loves it there and talks about moving back. |
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